It is amazing to me that these mediocre, non-leaders with no ideas and nada charisma all want to run for POTUS. Is this fallout from the high self-esteem movement?
Dodd is quite loquacious and glib, and very smart, but also ranks rather high on the obnoxiousness quotient. I guess one tends to go with the other.
Senator is not that hard a political job.
You are basically a glorified voter, who tries to sneak home pork and yell alot.
Senators don't actually govern, but they grow massive egos.
If they wanted to do real work, they would become governors, though, with some respect, I'll grant that some governors become senators either because of term limits (See George Allen) or because they feel like being in the spotlight and feeling important while living in semi-retirement.